Tag: Amotekun
Herdsmen on rampage in Ondo, kill two, set Amotekun’s vehicle ablaze
Suspected herdsmen are on rampage in Ondo State, killing two people and setting ablaze a vehicle belonging to Ondo State…
Amotekun intercepts truckload of Fulani herdsmen heading to Lagos, Ogun
A truck loaded with no fewer than 80 men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen has been intercepted by officers of…
Makinde hits Ibarapa, says 200 Amotekun corps battle-ready
Governor Seyi Makinde on Monday confirmed that the 200 Amotekun corps deployed to Ibarapa area of Oyo State are on…
Sunday Igboho laments Amotekun employs educated officers
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Yoruba freedom fighter Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly called Sunday Igboho has lamented that the Western Nigeria Security…
‘Amotekun’ set to commence operations in Ogun
The Ogun State government said it is being thorough in setting up its security outfit, code-named ’AMOTEKUN’, to ensure a…
Makinde: Some people want Amotekun to fail
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said some elements want the newly-introduced Oyo State Security Network Agency also known as…
Amotekun: OPC sends warning to Miyetti Allah
Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has warned the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to desist from “plot” to…
Amotekun: We must do everything to avoid another SARS – Soyinka
Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has advised that the operatives of Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun should be trained…
Amotekun officers killed 2 youths in Ibarapa, Col. Olayinka confirms
The Commandant of the Oyo State Western Nigeria Security Network, Colonel Olayanju Olayinka, has clarified the incident between some residents…
Amotekun operative shoots Oyo policeman
An operative of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, better known as Amotekun, has shot a police officer, Fatai Yekini,…
Amotekun denies killing U.I student
Retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, the Commandant of the Southwest Security Network in Oyo State, Amotekun, has debunked a report that…
Our security outfit targeted at criminals – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has debunked insinuations that the security outfit recently floated by the group; Eastern Security…
Amotekun not for trivial issues: South West agency DAWN warns Osun command
DAWN Commission, the South West agency set up to develop regional development agenda has scolded Amitolu Shittu, the Osun State…
We’ll roll out face of Oyo Amotekun soon – Commandant
Retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, Oyo State Commandant of Amotekun Security Outfit, says the much-expected face of Amotekun will be rolled…
Fayemi gives assent to Amotekun bill
Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti State on Monday signed the bill for the establishment of the State Security Network…
The Igbo Amotekun Must Not Be Convoy
Tongues have been wagging on why the South-East Governors Forum reneged on its initial plan to launch a regional security…
Lagos Assembly passes Amotekun bill into law
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the bill on Amotekun, a security outfit of the the…
Ogun Assembly passes Amotekun bill
The Ogun House State of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill for a law to establish the Ogun State Security…
Amotekun endorsed by German lawmaker Thorsten Frei
The Deputy Majority Leader, German Federal Parliament, Mr Thorsten Frei, has expressed optimism in the establishment of ‘Amotekun’ outfit to…
Miyetti Allah into Amotekun like hyenas and lions – FFK
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has kicked against suggestions that members of the Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria…
Incredible: Miyetti Allah wants to join Operation Amotekun
The Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Oyo State chapter, has called for the inclusion of its members…
Lagos Speaker: Amotekun has come to stay
Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday, declared that Amotekun, as a security outfit, in the…
Lagos Assembly accepts Amotekun bill, set for public hearing Monday
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday accepted the bill in favour of the South West Security outfit, Amotekun,…
Yoruba man who predicted Amotekun 4 years before its establishment
It happened on two occasion in 2015 and early 2016. The first was when he sat with some youthful friends,…
Amotekun a beautiful idea – BMO
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) says community policing will assist in complementing Federal Government security efforts to sniff out criminal…
Ekiti Assembly passes Operation Amotekun bill into law
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has become the first in Southwest to pass the Operation Amotekun bill into law.
Southwest governors, IGP meet in Lagos over Amotekun
Governors of the Southwest, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adams and others on Thursday met in Lagos over Operation…
Ondo govt approves draft bill for scrutiny on Amotekun
Ondo State Government on Wednesday approved a draft bill of the Ondo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps, codenamed…
Attorney General presents Amotekun bill to Fayemi
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ekiti State, Mr. Olawale Fapohunda has presented the Western Nigeria Security Network…
Amotekun/Shege Ka Fasa: Do not attack Yoruba – FFK
Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani Kayode has reacted to the establishment of the Nothern security outfit named ''Shege Ka…